Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Masonic cry of distress

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Question

Just before he died, did Joseph Smith begin to give the Masonic cry of distress?

Answer

It is well documented that Joseph Smith uttered the words "Oh Lord, My God," as he fell from the window at Carthage Jail. The Masonic Grand Hailing Sign of Distress is "Oh Lord, My God, is there no help for the widow's son?"

Conclusion

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Endnotes

• [note] Reed C. Durham, Is there no help for the widow's son?, Presentation to the Mormon History Association, Nauvoo, Illinois, April 20, 1974.

Further reading

FAIR web site

• David Ferguson, "Miraculous Events in Early Church History," ((fairlink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/apol/misc/misc38.html}}